The Hill Boys
Junior Member
The consequences of gun ownership does and will carry a certain amount of unintended consequences. Accidental shootings, suicides, and the occasional nut job. So, if using the rational that eliminating guns would resolve this, then you must also eliminate automobiles, motorcycles, airplanes, knives, tire irons, baseball bats, axes, rope, etc.
Using the "old West" scenario, if a pioneer group had a large herd of cattle with them and were unarmed, what would prevent rustlers from charging in and stealing the herd? If the same pioneer group were well armed, how would things be different?
Roll this forward to today. What prevent a gang of thieves from deciding to break into your home, steal everything of value to you and possibly hurt you or a member of your family? If they knew you were unarmed? Yes, the siren sounding in the background may be an annoyance, but within the few minutes it will take for your monitoring service to verify that you are being robbed, then the few minutes if will take to notify the appropriate law enforcement agency, then the 10-20 minutes it will take for that agency to actually get to your home, the damage will already be done. Of course, your unarmed neighbors, hearing the alarm, are going to rush out and try to help you defend your home right?
As far as the shooter in the op, had I been driving in that area and witnessed that scene unfolding, I would not, being armed, taken action to shoot the man. My reason for owning a gun is for protecting myself and my family. I am not going to protect your unarmed butt. You are on your own. Call 911 and good luck with that.
Using the "old West" scenario, if a pioneer group had a large herd of cattle with them and were unarmed, what would prevent rustlers from charging in and stealing the herd? If the same pioneer group were well armed, how would things be different?
Roll this forward to today. What prevent a gang of thieves from deciding to break into your home, steal everything of value to you and possibly hurt you or a member of your family? If they knew you were unarmed? Yes, the siren sounding in the background may be an annoyance, but within the few minutes it will take for your monitoring service to verify that you are being robbed, then the few minutes if will take to notify the appropriate law enforcement agency, then the 10-20 minutes it will take for that agency to actually get to your home, the damage will already be done. Of course, your unarmed neighbors, hearing the alarm, are going to rush out and try to help you defend your home right?
As far as the shooter in the op, had I been driving in that area and witnessed that scene unfolding, I would not, being armed, taken action to shoot the man. My reason for owning a gun is for protecting myself and my family. I am not going to protect your unarmed butt. You are on your own. Call 911 and good luck with that.